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Arts and Culture
South African Roadies Association settlement agreement; Department of Arts & Culture 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
11 Aug 2015
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) briefed the Committee on its first quarter expenditure report and on the status of the settlement agreement between the DAC and the South African Roadies Association (SARA). The Chairperson also welcomed a request from the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) to brief ...
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Arts, Culture & Heritage sector funding: National Lotteries Board briefing; Department of Arts & Culture on its Youth Activities; PanSALB Chairperson
9 Jun 2015
The National Lotteries Board (NLB) briefed the Committee on the funding of the arts, culture and heritage sector. The budget allocation for the sector had been reduced from 27% to 23%. The main issues and challenges highlighted by the NLB were those of backlogs, the complexity of project proposals sent ...
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Business and Arts on 2015 strategic plan; Ifa Lethu Foundation plans & performance 2005 to 2015
2 Jun 2015
The Ifa Lethu Foundation briefed the Committee, noting that it was set up in 2005, with support from the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) as a developmental organisation, and it supported entrepreneurship, believing that the arts and culture sector could be a catalyst to economic development. Seed funding had ...
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Committee Report on Arts and Culture Budget
14 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture met for the consideration of the Budget Vote 37 Report. The report was adopted.
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National Heritage Council, SA State Theatre, National Museum Bloemfontein on 2015 Annual and Strategic Plan
28 Apr 2015
The Committee was briefed by the National Heritage Council (NHC), National Museum (NM), and South Africa State Theatre (SAST) on their respective 2015/16 Annual Performance Plans (APP) and Strategic Plans.
The NHC noted that the South African definition of heritage had been tweaked slightly from the UNESCO definition, to suit ...
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Auditor-General South Africa assessment of Department of Arts and Culture 2015 Strategic and Annual Plans; Committee discussion on statues and symbolism
14 Apr 2015
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture on this office's review of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2015/16. It was emphasised that this was in the nature of a "pre-audit" where AGSA assessed whether the way in ...
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Social Cohesion activities & Moral Regeneration Movement on their activities and plans
24 Mar 2015
The Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM) briefed the Committee on the progress of each of its programmes. The Chief Operating Officer provided background information on the Movement and spoke about its goals and future plans for restructuring. He highlighted some of the most pressing social issues that South Africa faces as ...
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Music programmes and royalty payments: SA Music Rights Organisation briefing
10 Mar 2015
The South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), briefed the Committee on the mission and vision of the organisation, and stressed that although it was not an entity of the Department of Arts and Culture, which was frequently misunderstood, it worked closely with several stakeholders in the sector. It was initially ...
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Pan South African Languages Board current situation
3 Mar 2015
The Chairperson, in her introductory remarks, gave an overview of the relationship that the new Committee had established with the new Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), highlighting that both were new, and that several issues had needed to be addressed from scratch. The Committee had been on an oversight ...
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Department of Arts and Culture 2nd and 3rd Quarterly Expenditure Report
24 Feb 2015
The Department of Arts and Culture briefed the Portfolio Committee on 2nd and 3rd quarter performance reports for the 2014/2015 financial year. Overall the Department was under spending and not able to meet some of its expenditure targets for budget line items. In particular, the Department was unable to achieve ...